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(Eagle News) — Dumadaan umano ngayon sa matinding problema ang nakabilanggong si Senadora Leila De Lima. Sa isang sulat kamay na pahayag na ipinamahagi sa media, sinabi ni De Lima na hindi alam ng kanyang 84 taong gulang na ina na nakakulong siya sa Philippine National Police-custodial center sa kasong may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga. Ang pagkaka-alam umano ng kanyang ina, nasa abroad lamang sya para sa isang official business trip. Wala na raw […]
(Eagle News) — Plano ng Department of National Defense (DND) na maglagay ng istraktura sa Benham Rise na magsasabing ito’y pag-aari ng Pilipinas. Ayon kay Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, ito ang nakikita nyang hakbang matapos ma-monitor ang pag-aligid umano roon ng Survey Ship ng China. Inatasan na rin umano sila ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na magdagdag ng mga magpapatrolya sa nasabing karagatan para maipakita na sakop ito ng teritoryo ng Pilipinas. ‘Di pag-aari ng PHL […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) – Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that struck nearly two years ago, a move that will leave hundreds homeless. Around 100 families were still living in the camp in Kathmandu when police wearing riot gear used bulldozers to flatten the bamboo and tarpaulin structures. “The gods will curse the government. We don’t have our home and can’t rent a room from our […]
(Eagle News) — A Supreme Court associate justice said Senator Leila de Lima’s lawyers going to the High Court to question the legality of her arrest was premature. During oral arguments on Tuesday, Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. said that De Lima’s camp “was bypassing the (Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court)” where they had filed a motion to quash, after she filed the petition contesting her February arrest before the SC. “Precisely, you are banking on the resolution of the RTC Muntinlupa […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Sunday, March 12, said that his political party had grown three times its size. Pimentel made the pronouncement as he led the oath-taking of the new Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) members during the celebration of its 35th anniversary at the Philippine International Convention Center. Among those who were sworn in were Cabinet members, congressmen, governors and mayors including former Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 14, appointed the husband of late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago as presidential adviser. President Duterte appointed Atty. Narciso “Jun” Santiago Jr., as his presidential adviser for revenue enhancement with the rank of undersecretary. Santiago is a former interior and local government undersecretary, and a former customs official. He also held the same position from 2004 to 2012 under the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
(Eagle News) — The Senate has approved on third and final reading Senate bills that would provide free Internet access in public places, and free tuition subsidy for those enrolled in state universities and colleges (SUCs). Senate Bills 1277 and 1304, respectively, were separately approved by the Senate on Monday. Senate Bill No. 1277 or the free internet access bill was approved with 18 votes and no abstention. The bill, also called the “Free Internet […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he wants to do away with the lowest-bid rule in government projects. “Gusto ko tanggalin yan. I have to talk to congressman,” Duterte said. His pronouncement was met by applause by mostly mayors who attended the first general assembly of the League of Municipalities in the Philippines. “The lowest-bid (rule) is the source of corruption. Maniwala kayo,” Duterte said. According to the President, the government should “go for quality […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has warned members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) that he would issue an eviction order for them to vacate government housing units in Bulacan which they illegally occupied last week. Duterte said that he would issue eviction notices immediately to the illegal settlers, who occupied low-cost government housing in the towns of Pandi and San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan if they will not obey the […]
(Eagle News) — I trust him. President Rodrigo Duterte said he continues to trust Cesar Montano amid allegations he committed “irregularities” as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “I trust the guy. Kaya ko inappoint yan,” he said in a media briefing on Monday night. He noted that Montano, who has made a name for himself in the showbiz industry, “did not need money.” “I don’t think he would go for that,” Duterte said, in apparent reference to the […]
by Mark McLAUGHLIN with Robin MILLARD in London Agence France-Presse EDINBURGH, United Kingdom – Scotland’s announcement on Monday that it will begin preparations for a new independence bid raised the spectre of one of Brexit’s most feared consequences — the break-up of the United Kingdom. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would seek the semi-autonomous Scottish parliament’s authority next week to ask the UK government in London for the powers to hold a referendum before Brexit […]
by Haitham El-Tabei Agence France-Presse CAIRO, Egypt – The release of Egypt’s ex-president Hosni Mubarak approved on Monday ends “talk of the Arab Spring” uprising that toppled him in 2011 after 30 years in power, an analyst said. An Egyptian prosecutor approved a request by Mubarak’s lawyer for his release after a top court acquitted him of involvement in the killing of protesters during the popular revolt. Mubarak’s expected release comes as many leaders of […]
